A sailing friend is nearby, but she is paddling instead of sailing. Dawn, aka SandyBottom, paddled up the North Landing River with a group of kayak friends this afternoon. Dawn spends a lot of time on the water but I've only ever seen her on the sailboat Dawn Patrol. So this was my chance to say hello and see her with a...

The Penobscot Marine Museum is seeking submissions from artists in all visual media for a juried art exhibit entitled “The Art of the Boat.” The show will examine the artistic aspects of boat design and construction, and will run from May through October 2011.

From the Museum press release:

“This exhibit will explore the boat as art and the boatbuilder as artist,” said the museum’s curator, Ben Fuller. “We will look for the artist’s interpretation of the...

As usual, I was a little ambitious by thinking I could do more in a single day than was possible. I had hoped to epoxy the sheer strakes and chine logs to both side panels, but I discovered I did not have sufficient clamps to do the job; furthermore, I did not have enough space in the lounge to move around the panels while applying the epoxy and clamping the...

Back in April I had written about David Nichols new creation, a pair of Sea Eagles. The design had been featured in the Small Craft Advisor, and really caught my eye. David is not selling plans of the boat in the traditional way, but is rather offering the plans as part and parcel of a construction guide. A meticously detailed guide it is, too. I've offered a few pages from the book here to give you an idea. This work is so thorough and well photographed that